Iraj Abedian is chief economist at Pan African Investment & Research. BUSINESS DAY TV: The year 2017 has kicked off with a whimper after an unusually quiet festive season. Fortunately there was no repeat of the fiasco of December 2015, when Nhlanhla Nene was fired as finance minister, resulting in a dramatic weakening of the currency. And while the President’s January 8 statement at the weekend provided little insight on how he plans to handle his Cabinet and the economy this year, next month’s state of the nation address should give guidance. Pan African Investment & Research chief economist Iraj Abedian joins us with his thoughts. Iraj … so I guess one of the big reliefs coming back in January was that there were no big upsets in the political economy. To what extent have things stabilised in the political arena? Because you almost get a sense that it has eased when you don’t see as many headlines that are disruptive, right? IRAJ ABEDIAN: Importantly in the January 8 statement the...
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